Necktie-fastener and collar-button.



T. PAIWORTHu NEGKTIE FASTENER AND COLLAR BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1908.

Patented Oct. 26, 190-9.

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THOMAS PAIPWORTH, 0F PORTLAND, OREGON.

NECKTIE-FASTENER AND COLLAR-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

Application filed September 19, 1908. Serial N 0. 453,836.

To all whom it may concern:

a citizen of the United. States, and a resident.

of Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, haveinvented a new and Improved N ecktie-F astener and Collar- Button, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a combined necktie retainer andcollar button, which can be easily inserted in and removed from astiffly-starched collar and which in its preferred form effectuallyconceals the tie fastener.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a rear perspective view of a collar secured to a shirt bymeans of my invention; Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of one form ofmy invention; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of another form of myinvention, in all respects similar to that shown in Fig. 2, with theexception of a certain hook to be hereinafter described. Fig. 4 is alongitudinal section through a collar button,a collar, a shirt and atie, the button shown being of the type shown in Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is alongitudinal section through a collar button, a collar, a shirt and atie, the button shown being of the type shown in Fig. 2.

My necktie retainer and collar button is preferably. made of a singleflat piece .of metal, although it is possible to produce it by othermeans. This single flat piece of metal is bent bent back upon itself toform a heel 3, then outwardly and perpendicularly to the heel 3 to forma shank 4, then back upon the member 4 and outwardly again, to form themember 5, which completes the shank, and finally at approximately rightangles to the shank to form a downwardly projecting head 6. The heel 3is about half the length of the base of the button. The members 4 and 5of the shank are so curved that a multiplicity of thicknesses isproduced and that a space is left between the heel 3 and the shoulder 5of the shank member 5, to receive and securely hold the collar.

In the preferred form of my invention, one end of the blank from whichthe button is formed is bent upwardly to form a hook l and thendownwardly to form a sharp bill 2.

It is obvious that when the button is once in position, the collarcannot accidentally escape from the head 6, and that the collar can beremoved only by swinging it back and down over the head 6.

The hook 1 serves to hold the tie, which it does in the manner shown inFig. 5, the sharp bill 2 embedding itself in the fabric of the necktie.Because the hook 1 lies normally below the neck-band, the tie is made tocover the entire button and conceal it.

Since a hook l is unnecessary for holding the front of a collar to ashirt, or for turn down collars, it may be omitted, as in the buttonshown in Fig. 3. Furthermore, the head 6 may be used to hold the tie, asshown in Fig. 4, although I prefer the form shown in Fig. 2, because itenables the fastener to be concealed.

Because of the flat cross section, my button can be readily slipped inand out of a button hole in the most stifily-st'arched fabric. The spacebetween the shoulder 5 of the shank member 5 and the heel 3 receives thecollar, and between the two it is impossible for the collar to slip fromthe button accidentally.

Having thus described by invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A combined necktie retainer and collarbutton comprising a heel, ashank projecting outwardly from the heel and bent completely backuponitself to produce a plurality of thicknesses and to provide an endshoulder, between which and the heel the collar may be held, and a hookextending downwardly from the outermost thickness of the shank andadapted to hold the tie.

2. A combined necktie retainer and collarbutton, comprising a heel bentat its lower end to constitute a necktie engaging bill and bent back atits upper end to produce a plurality of thicknesses, a shank formed bybending the outermost thickness of the heel away from the heel andadapted to pass through the button-hole of the collar, said shank beingalso folded back upon itself to produce a plurality of thicknesses,providing an end shoulder between which and the outermost thickness ofthe heel the collar may be received, and a hook extending 5 downwardlyfrom the outermost thickness of i the shank.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

.7 THOMAS PAPYVORTH.

WVitne'sses:

H. W. HOGUE, T. H. MoALLIs.

